Sprint & Super Sprint race
Sprint & Super Sprint race
As you’ve seen us implore, our sprint triathlon is probably the most important single date in our calendar. It’s not just the revenue, but it’s the profile, the potential new joiners and word of mouth from all who’ve enjoyed it.
So we start with a massive thanks to Race Director Steve and his team of Super Marshals, Malcolm, Phil, Richie, Mark, Jon & Ralph. But you were all super marshals – thank you Mark, James, Julia, Vicki, Rob, Teresa, Edward, Gordon, Thomas, Alex, Angelo, Atish, Sophie, Gail, Sandra, Ryan, Tim, Simon, Emma, Kayleigh, Sarah, Matthew, Ed, Kate, Eero, Lizzy, Ben, Rob, Jess, Adam, Charlie, Sam, Jonny, Karen, Michele, Lynne, Ash, Mark & Duncan (who can appreciate the team effort).
Within the race, we also achieved great success. Ryan was the fastest on the bike on his way to taking the overall win and breaking the magical hour barrier. Jess was 2nd on the swim & 3rd on the run (despite not having been able to train) on the way to taking the women’s crown. Honourable credits too to Ian in 4th, winning the V40s, whilst Ed snuck the V50s. Sam had the 2nd quickest swim and Atharv the fastest run.
We had 18 competing; the full results are in the Club Champs spreadsheet, which contains all the collated results we have from any multi-sport or running event we’ve been aware of. But again a plea, please enter the races you’ve entered, for the benefit of anyone who might wish to join into the Member Race Calendar
Other races
The London marathon was a day those taking part will scarcely forget, with record numbers racing and supporting. The course was utterly lined with crowds and both the anonymous and targeted support was incredible. James (PB) and I finished together on 2:55, whilst there were also PBs for Nicole 3:03, Ben 3:09 & Julia 3:38, with Kayleigh 3:34 and Rupert 5:44 completing a hugely impressive Turbo return.
Angelo and Sam returned to the Boston (UK) marathon just 3 weeks after running their last, in quite filthy conditions and cabbage fields. Angelo took 5 minutes off his Brighton time with 3:01, whilst Sam wasn’t quite able to repeat his Paris heroics, with a 3:12. Last weekend also saw Eamonn complete the 225km Sportive in Mallorca, including 4km of climbing, whilst on Saturday, Guy took 10 mins of his previous best Std distance triathlon time, with a 2:22 around Dorney.
Next weekend sees the distances and the gradients pick up. Steve, Ryan, James, Eamonn and Ralph are heading up for the Fred Whitton sportive, whilst Phil, Nick, Mark B, Mark R and Steve are heading out for the Mallorca IM 70.3 – and the season will really feel underway. Good luck all.